This one gets politeness marks in my book for having the courtesy to tell us what exactly it is. But who knows..maybe this cake decorator was a disaffected abstract art student whose globs just didn't match the greatness of Pollock or somebody else - and so the caption was to let our uncouth eyes know the motivation behind this cakey masterpiece.

I think if you have to announce what it is, then it's a dead give away that it does NOT resemble it intention. Just like cars, the only cars with HONDA written across the windshield are the cars that resemble nothing close to a honda...

Try finding this animal at the zoo. Think of all the little kids who will think a giraffe is two bright yellow and black blobs. This is why our kids can't get into college!kidding, of course. It is funny!

wvotd exhakine: The amino acid lacking in the brains of people who decorate cakes badly. The missing amino acid causes a delivery flaw in the synapes the carry the image the eye sees to the tasteful/tacky dicphering part of the brain. This results in a skewed perception of what looks accurate and what is acutally presented.

Just because you got paid to do it, doesn't make you a professional!!! GAH!

We really need to get some professional accreditation standards in this field so this doesn't happen to some poor unsuspecting parent! LOL

level 1: Master Cake Artist (leave the masterpieces to these guys!)level 2: Advanced Cake Decorator (can handle most orders)level 3: Intermediate Cake Decorator (basic grocery-store type cakes will at least resemble what it should be)level 4: Basic Cake Decorator (your cake will look home made, but appealing)level 5: Cake Wrecker! (order with tongue placed firmly in cheek; for the humour value only! Nobody is responsible for the icing to cake ratio with these people, and CCCs are best left to this group as well!)

I had to comment because my WF is "abled". As in when Kelly B. bought this cake she en-abled the cake wreckecorator. Now there will be more of these bad cakes on the bakery shelf because the wreckecorator thinks they are good enough to sell!

My favorite wrecks tend to be the ones that have their description written directly on the cake. I want to walk into a bakery one day and glance at something that makes me think "WTF is that???" and then when I get closer, I'll be able to READ what it is. Awesome.

Okaaaaaaaaayyyy...so just to show you how my mind works...and probably frighten the life out of you...while I was watching the Rose Parade all I could think of was that next year, there should be a CW float. I was picturing the ever hilarious monkey...now I think he should also be joined by the "Giraffe". Can't you just see them in all their petal/seed/grass covered glory?

I see the next design that should appear on the newest "Wreckwear" clothing!

Can anybody else see this on a baby's onesie or a toddler/kid's T-shirt? LOL.

I know I've seen kids' clothing with a random zoo animal & the name of the animal on it. I think it'd be a cute- no....Wrecktastic take on your kid's wardrobe ;) I'd buy one, and I don't even have a kid!

It looks like something my six year old would create: a cratered planet engulfed in sulfurous gas, orbited by a sun exploding (see the cloud of black smoke pluming towards the planet?) But to make the planet not feel so bad about its fate...the sun puts on a smile. Maybe he could start charging $4 a pop too.

Kaylee: It's a [giraffe]. I like it.Inara: You do?Kaylee: Looks like it was made with, you know, longing. Made by a person who really longed to see a [giraffe].Inara: Perhaps because they'd only heard of them by rough description.

Add me to the list of people who think it's kind of cute... in a weird, twisted way. Must be the giant happy face that's as big as its body. C'mon, how can you not love that goofy grin, just a little bit?

If they were trying to appeal to children they missed the mark. As I was reading the post my 3 year old came over and asked what I was looking at. I responded by telling him it was a giraffe and asked if he thought it looked like one. He answered with a no and then added that he thought it looked stupid.

When I paid for this "Cake" the cashier looked at me like I was nuts. So I explained to her why and she looked very relieved. My 5 year old thought it was a dog. I absolutley love this site and would pay 4.00 for this cake anyday if it gave you all a chuckle. We kept it for awhile and then just fed it to the dog. Keep on wreck'n...Kelly B

So I (sadly and wasting some talent) still work in the Walmart bakery. I tried the whole giraffe things based on a picture from our "Cake Style Guide" Mine's a little better then this, but still prob cake wreck worthy. http://dreamdaycakes.blogspot.com/

My 6 year old said it looked like a big dumb yellow poodle. My 3 year old thought a banana. My 12 year old got red and refused to tell me what it looked like. I pried and figured out he was looking at the "tail". I'm sure you can imagine what he was thinking...LOL

lol i work at a Great American Cookie at a mall and ive seen some horrible.. horrible cakes. I need to bring some of my pictures. i only wish i could have taken a picture of the wingless bumble bee giraffe cookie my manager made.

i love this cake, it makes me hoot. i look it up when i'm sad. i want it for my birthday cake next month. it is the happiest giraffe ever. not to eat, obviously because that much frosting looks beyond vile, but to marvel at in wonderment. a genius cake. why isn't it on a tshirt yet?

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